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United States Patent | 5,702,617 |
Price | December 30, 1997 |
A particulate removal assembly for a fluid distribution system comprising a particulate collection chamber having an inlet through which particulate and fluid enter said collection chamber; a detector for sensing when said chamber has fried to a preselected degree with particulate; said chamber having an intermittent discharge responsive to said detector whereby the particulate is flushed from said chamber. The particulate removal assembly for a fluid distribution system further comprising a closure member for said intermittent discharge; said closure member actuated by fluid pressure delivered from said collection chamber.
Inventors: | Price; Arnold James (P.O. Box 561, Muleshoe, TX 79347) |
Appl. No.: | 542392 |
Filed: | October 12, 1995 |
Current U.S. Class: | 210/803; 210/86; 210/295; 210/312; 210/433.1; 210/446; 210/767 |
Intern'l Class: | B01D 021/00 |
Field of Search: | 210/85,86,295,312,313,435,289,728,767,803,446,433.1,307 166/267,105.3,56 |
3901320 | Aug., 1975 | Calderon et al. | 210/408. |
3980457 | Sep., 1976 | Smith | 210/313. |
4157302 | Jun., 1979 | Bergstedt | 210/106. |
5364539 | Nov., 1994 | Castagno et al. | 210/86. |